At last, I’ve got some free time to write! So many things ... but cant recall them all… Lets have a look.
Sunday : 28.05.2006
This is one of the days I wont ever forget. Actually, I don’t like change. But wind of change – never stops. I got really very much comfortable with all the batches I was taking classes. But the time came when I have to move with a new batch. Coz it’s the end of Spring 2006 trimester. I’m talking specially about a batch – Microbiology. There are about 36 students from MBO 26,27A,27B,28A batches for the course “Computer Science.” It’s a computer basic course. I though that as it was a non departmental course for the microbiology people, they wont like the course, wont do good in the course and wont understand anything. But I was wrong. They were really a different batch. Coz the quality of students are really good in this batch. I have pressurized them with lots of load. But they are good at digesting them all! Good job guyz (opppsss…sorry… ladies also)! It was really hard for me to say you good bye!
Usually I take evaluation of myself from the students at the last class. I did it here also. Coz it helps me to improve. But the thing is, they didn’t write any weakness of mine. It seems that they don’t want me improvement! Coz no one is perfect. Everyone has some weaknesses. I told them before giving them the evaluation form, “Listen, here is no option to write your name, your ID on the form. All your markings so far has been done and I wont get any name on the final exam script as the office of the exam will use some code and then will give them to me. SO here is not fear of getting less marks and getting good marks by oiling vice versa! So, please write some thing bad about me.”
After this, I got some response about my weakness. They are :
# Sometimes I am too fast i.e. cover lots of topic in one class.
# More practical work should be introduced in this course.
# Apnar chul majhe majhe shamne chole ase keno? Er mane bujlam na.
# Sir, (*) (*) (*) (*) – ke?
There are lotsa other things. At evening, some of the students - Rampa called me.
Rampa: Sir, agami kaal dupur 1 tay dike ki apni campus e thakben?
Manzur: na, kintu keno? Any problem with the course?
Rampa: No Sir, actually amra shobai kalke ekta sotto aoyojon korsi apnar jonno…apni ashle khub khushi hobo.Manzur: Kintu amar mone hoe ekhon na meet kore amra final exam ses howar por meet okri? Tahole besi time pawa jabe. And keyu bolte parbe na je Sir ke ora bias korar try korse. Plus agami kalke amar dupur tintay GP te written exam ase ekta.
After a few moments, Rampa called again.
Rampa: Sir apnake kalke ashtei hobe. Coz amra ayojon kore felsi.
Onek koste ekta free class manage korsi and shob batch ke bola hoe gese.
Sir, Exam ses hoel to shobaike ar eksathe pabo na.
Erpor aro kisu bakko binimoy holo. Kintu kono bhabei oder manate parlam na.
So, oder kotha dilam, ami ashbo. They also invited the attached course teacher
Kaniz Fatema with me.
Kaniz apar sathe kotha bole thik korlam je oder jonno to kisu nie jawa lage…
idea holo – cake nie jabo. SO rate ber hoe Shumi’s Hot Cake theke ekta 3
pound er special black forest order die ashlam.
Ohhh… jani na kivabe exam ta dhorbo..plus exam er porashona o kora dorkar…
Monday : 29.05.2006
Arekti onno rokom din er suru holo. Stamford e pouse then cake nie ami ar kaniz
madam join korlam students der sathe. Giye dekhi je pray shobai hajir! Ami khub
obak holam. Coz final exam er ager week e without any interest they are waiting
for us! Even its not a class time for them… khawadawar ayojon bhaloi korlo ora…
khelam o bhaloi… kintu ghotona holo ora shobai as usually chup chap boe roilo…
amar ei batch ta always chup chap thakto… chup chap pora shunto and response
korto. Ajke oder ayojon e shobar eksathe howa. But orai dekhi chup. Tai amakei
abar suru korte holo kotha. With me, Kaniz madam also tried to say some thing.
But ek peshe kotha barta ar kotokhon chalano jae? Tar por o chole jassilo
shomoy… Cake kata holo… cake khawa o holo.. Imran, Shongeet, Rampa shobai
doura douri kore kawa daway poribeshon korlo..erpor amader request e 2 jon
gaan o gailo… amader jonno ekta kore shundo Souvenir – Mug and ekta kore
‘teacher’ card dilo.
Shomoy pray ses…amar uththei hobe..GP er exam ar 30 min baki… then madam bollo, “tomra doa koro jate Sir er GP te na hoe …exam jeno bhalo na hoe…nahole uni tomader sere, stamford sele chole jabe”. Shobai sathe sathe bollo “AMIN”… Ha ha ha… oder doa kobul holo kina bolte pari na, but amar GP te exam allah’r rohmot e bhalo holo… kintu exam ses kore bhablam, ami ki chai? Ami ki chai GP te join korte…? Beton onek beshi… kintu ei je etto respect, etto bhalobasha … egular ki hobe? Ei je etto etto student kea mar orjito knowledge transfer korte partesi…amr theke ora notun notun shikhtese…ei anondo ki ami pabo GP te? Amar mone hoe na… amar mone hoe, this life is far far better.Though they are not the students of my department, though I wont be taking any classes of them – still they want me to stay. Well, It’s a really different type of feelings…different type of feelings for me.
As it is the very first semester of my Teaching career, these things are new for me… and I am enjoying! I will always remember this day.
Tuesday : 30.05.2006
Today was the last class with the EEE students. I take the course “computer and programming concept” with them. It’s a senior evening batch of Stamford University. All of the students of this batch are professionals having a diploma degree. They are doing B.Sc. in EEE to improve their academic qualifications. I always respect this batch. There are some people in this batch who are more that 20 years of older than me. One of them started arguing with me on some matter at this last class. And today, I got really angry and started rude behavior with him. I never wanted to act like that with them. But they took it easily and the fact is, when I was getting more and more angry then one of the senior student beg pardon to me. I was calm. I completed the whole class and as usual, I asked their own opinion about me by the evaluation form. I thought there would be some hard talking in the evaluation form. But again, they were so much polite. And when I was leaving, one of the student stood up and said, “Sir, amader bhul hoe gese… amader karone jodi apni kosto peye thaken tahole shobar pokkho theke ami apnar kase khoma chassi… amader please khoma kore din”…
I was speechless!
Wednesday and Thursday : 31.05.2006 and 01.06.2006
I passed a couple of hectic days as it’s the last days of this semester. I concluded with two other batches in these two days. The response was same from those batch. Indeed, one batch requested me to take their next course some how. But I told, course distribution is not on my hand. So cant do anything.
Another remarkable incident took place today. Ajke rate ami shahbug jassilam. Poribag er shamner VIP road ta cross korei porlam ek utko jhamelay. Hotat koththek ek lok ese dhakka khelo amar sathe. Then ami sorry bolar por uni kotha jomnar bhab kore bivinno kotha jiggas korte laglo and amar handshake korar usilay shokto kore hat dhore rakhlo… kisukkhon er modhdhe ami bujte parlam ki hote jasse..ami chintai er shikar hote jassi… then kono mote ami amar hat tan die shoray then rikhsaw uthe jaan bachalam…ase pase onek manus silo…but keu bujte partesilo na ki hossilo..ami ar kisukhon kotha bollei beta amar mobile, taka shob chintai kore nie jeto… eta ekta new style chintai korar… handshake korte korte hoeto bolto, “bhai…kono chilla chilli koiren na..hasi hasi much kore daya thaken..amar kase maal ase…chillaile ekkerew vuri fasay dimu… ja ase aste koira amar kase dia den and haste haste rikshay koira choila jaan…” – Allah amake bachailo… thaks to Allah. Amar rikhshaw wala ke bollam ghotona..unio bollo, “bhai ami to bhabsi apni apnar porichito karu sathe ktoha boltesen…”
So guyz… be aware!
